Tis

Following the monumental success of "Angela's Ashes," Frank McCourt continues his poignant and often humorous life story in "'Tis." The memoir picks up as a nineteen-year-old McCourt lands in New York, an impoverished immigrant from Ireland, embarking on a new chapter in the "classless country" that quickly reveals its own hierarchies. From working at the Biltmore Hotel to serving in the army in Germany, where he trains dogs and types reports, McCourt's inimitable voice transforms these experiences into a spellbinding narrative. Upon his return to America, he works on the docks, resisting societal pressures to "stick to his own kind." Driven by an insatiable desire for education, he talks his way into New York University despite having left school at fourteen. Here, he falls in love and strives to live the American dream, yet it is through teaching and writing that McCourt truly discovers his purpose and place in the world, embodying the same vulnerable yet invincible spirit that endeared him to millions.